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Old 15-03-2010, 11:54   #71
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Re: Are these people a special case

'She (Baroness Uddin) had lived within four miles of the House of Lords for 20 years but she has claimed almost £200,000 by saying that her main home was outside London. Before 2005, she claimed her brother’s home in Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, was her main residence and then later she bought a flat in Kent that neighbours say was left empty and unused.'
Fraud inquiry killed off as peers closed ranks - Times Online

...and there she will continue to sit in the House of Lords, with others like her, safe in the knowledge that she'll enjoy these privileges of power until she dies.

Or until someone has the guts to change this absurd system, and let the electorate decide who's fit to sit in the second chamber.
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